…little-known gas in the UK and the rest of the European Union in 2017 were the equivalent of putting an extra 1.3 million cars on the road. It’s the dirty…
USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in 31 States
…eligibility information. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture…
Fresno County Leads California as Top Agricultural County
…Report. Kern County had led the country at the top agricultural county for agricultural sales in 2017, with Fresno County coming in third in terms of production. Although Tulare County…
The Reality of the Beef Checkoff
…Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Cattlemen’s Beef Board Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education Meat Import Council of America National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Livestock Producers Association North…
The Changing Demographics of Farming
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released more information from the 2017 Census of Agriculture that is broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender. The national, state,…
California Sued for Violating Constitution with Proposition 12
…Farm Animal Confinement Initiative. The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the constitutionality of…
Trump Delivers on a Key Promise to American Farmers
…budget process to consider infrastructure projects to facilitate higher biofuel blends. The Administration will continue to work to address ethanol and biodiesel trade issues. Since taking office in 2017, the…
NCBA Exposes Relationship of OCM and HSUS
Credit: Lakeview Images / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON (NCBA-Oct. 3, 2017) — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs, Ethan Lane, released the following statement in response to…
USDA Invests $11M In Research That Will Support Specialty Crop Farmers
WASHINGTON (USDA-Oct. 3, 2019) — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has invested $11 million in…
Things You Shouldn’t Throw into the Compost Bin
…product that comes from an animal is also a no-no, and that includes any meat. The smells of the decomposing meat will only act as a magnet for rats, foxes,…
National Chicken Council Unveils New Sustainability Resources
…poultry industry: 1965 compared with 2010.” Agricultural Systems Vol. 157 (2017): 17-117. 2017. Source: National Chicken Council Sponsored Content CIR Agriculture Harvester Products July 1, 2026 CIR Agriculture Harvester Products…
American Dairy Demand Highest in Five Decades
…10 years there has been a steady decline of fluid milk sales, dropping nearly four billion pounds between 2013 and 2017. However, the latest Dairy Market Report showed positive signs…
U.S. Pork Producers Seeking Expanded Export Opportunities
…Vietnam, Australia, South Africa and Brazil. “Pork is one of our country’s most competitive export products and we will continue to fight for the chance to meet the rising global…
CDFA’s New ‘One-Stop-Shop” Farmer Resource Portal
…the key information in one place.” The Farmer Resource portal was developed under the tenets of Assembly Bill 1348 (Aguilar-Curry), the Farmer Equity Act of 2017. This law requires CDFA…